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46 Perth Guide
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JAZZ
PAUL ‘PAX’ ANDREWS
Keep it on the down-low, bro, but internationally
acclaimed saxophonist and educator Paul ‘Pax’
Andrews is possibly Perth’s best-kept jazz secret.
The NSW-born artist performed with the Australian
Saxophone Quartet, has recorded for RCA and the
ABC with a host of international jazz greats, and is
a member of the multi-disciplinary artistic collective
Masonik. At home in Melville, Pax coaches promising
kids who are WAAPA-bound, and his trio 2Out
performs locally at the Midnight Fox.
Latest career highlights?
There have been so many great times, from meeting
Dizzy Gillespie at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 2014,
to receiving an artist development grant with Masonik
from the Department of Culture and the Arts to go
to Greece and research Rebetika, the ‘Greek blues’,
to writing and performing the score for Solomon’s
Shadow, a live cinema event for Fringe World 2015.
Personal jazz god?
Thelonious Monk has amazed me for my whole
listening life, and still I listen as though for the
first time. Monk: genius composer, band leader,
pianist... Timeless!
Fantasy funeral playlist?
Lush Life by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman;
East St Louis Toodle-Oo by Duke Ellington; I’ll Be
Around by Billie Holliday.
Perth’s jazz forecast?
Perth is a great place for the young player to study,
and the Institution (WAAPA) has now become the jam
session, replacing clubs, bars and late-night dives.
World-class players abound here, and with a tweak
to the venue thing – more small bars and late-night
venues, and less formal – we will have a thriving scene.
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
How’s this for a cool
pop-culture influence: this
electric blues harmonica
player reportedly was
the real-life inspo for
Dan Aykroyd’s character
in The Blues Brothers.
Blues fans will be freaking
out over this PIAF coup.
Chevron Festival Gardens,
Mar 2.
SOIL & ‘PIMP’ SESSIONS
This Japanese acid-jazz
experimental funk band
(yes, apparently that’s
a genre) is known for its
exhilarating live shows.
You’ll need a towel to
wipe off the sweat after
experiencing the feverish
piano percussion and horn
play. Chevron Festival
Gardens, Mar 5.
NICK WATERHOUSE
Not heard of Nick
Waterhouse? Trust us, you
will soon. Although he was
born in the late 80s, the
singer/songwriter/guitarist
has a voice straight from the
50s. We can’t get enough of
his RnB and Chicago blues
sound. Chevron Festival
Gardens, Mar 7.
BOB BROOKMEYER:
A MODERN MASTER
If the name Bob
Brookmeyer means
nothing to you, your
official jazz-maven epaulets
will now be ripped from
your shoulders. True, the
celebrated American
composer and performer
(1929-2011) was an
obscure genius, but his
status among musos is
practically messianic. Dare
to drink the Kool Aid at
this WAYJO tribute show.
The Astor Lounge, Mar 26,
9370 1777.
OLIVE (KANKAWA)
KNIGHT, WALMATJARRI
GOSPEL BLUES SINGER
From Broadway, where
she performed with
Hugh Jackman, to
Wangkatjungka, her
hometown community
south of Fitzroy Crossing,
the soulful stylings of this
national treasure sing
up health and healing.
But it’s not just the
message, it’s the music.
Alternately haunting and
joyful, passionate and
playful, Knight is more than
a singer – she’s an artist of
rare heart. The Ellington
Jazz Club, Apr 1.
THE SPYGLASS GYPSIES
What is it with Gypsies?
One minute, they’re
an outcast minority.
Nek minnit, they’re
the latest ‘it’ ethnicity.
Well, fair enough too,
if the Australian Gypsy
jazz ensemble Spyglass
Gypsies is anything to
go by. Accordion, clarinet,
percussive guitar – it’s
a little bit Romani, a little
bit rock-n-roll. The Ellington
Jazz Club, Apr 26.
Charlie Musselwhite.
Soil & ‘Pimp’ Sessions.
Full details and online bookings at scoop.com.au/jazz
Lake Street Dive
Take it from us: you need to know this jazz-infused indie-pop ensemble from Boston, Mass. Okay, don’t take it from
us. Take it from Rolling Stone – its writers named Lake Street Dive as one of their ‘10 Artists You Need to Know’ and
those cats are picky. And The New Yorker raves that singer Rachael Price is “amazing”, and they never rave. So...
whatchu waitin’ for? Chevron Festival Gardens, Mar 3.